A photo-op turned into a major embarrassment for City Mayor Surendra Furtado, landing him into murky waters literally, when a weeding machine he had climbed on along with other officials during a demonstration in a creek for media-persons turned turtle due to overloading.
The mayor managed to come out of the water and was subsequently helped by officials to climb to safety. ”It was a minor incident. There is nothing to worry, I was safely back on the vessel. I am not hurt. The incident happened just at the bank of the creek,” he said. However, Congress MLA Jennifer Monserrate said she had cautioned the mayor not to climb the machine but he did not pay heed to it. ”I had specifically told the mayor not to go on it.
However, nobody was injured in the incident which occurred when the mayor took it upon himself to explain to media persons the use of a newly-introduced weeding machine to clean St Inez Creek, a water body running through the capital city.
An accident case and a complaint have been filed in connection with the incident in which Panaji mayor and some other officials fell into the St Inez creek during a weeding machine demonstration.
Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a complaint in Panaji Police Station against Mayor Surendra Furtado for allegedly acting recklessly, endangering human lives and damaging public property.
The complaint has been filed under sections 280, 287, 304 (A) read with 511 of the IPC and section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act-1984.
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